I have watched a couple of the videos of your swing in slow motion, when you talk about forward shaft lean, are you talking about when the shaft actually bends forward as it strikes the ball(which I believe is from the whipping action you refer to)? I played a round last weekend and have been working on loosening the wrist drill before my swing, when I took a couple of practice swings that felt like everything was loose as it should be, I thought I felt the club almost jump forward through the swing. Is this right or was I doing something wrong? Thanks for all the great tips and keep up the great work!

Forward shaft is is when your hands are ahead of the ball while the club is just making contact with the ball. This means the shaft is angle forward at impact. This is due to the club not being at the widest point of the arc.

I like the fact that you are loosening up the arms. For someone who has been hitting this is a great feeling. If you are noticing effortless solid shots this is the sign that you are getting it. Now you just have to keep doing it.

Paul,I have one area of the golf swing that I have not seen addressed. I understand the loose wrists approach,as I have always held my wrists too firmly. When I try loosening arms and wrists up,on the takeaway,it FEELS like the grip moves before the clubhead. Am I doing it wrong,or should I have a slight firmness in my wrists until everything gets going?

If you are doing this more than 1 inch you are to loose. The club would lag in the early instance of the swing would be because the club is heavy and you are rotating first as you go back. In doing so, it take a split second for the club to get in motion. I filmed my swing from above a long time and and I do this but again, about 1 inch then it starts moving. Byron Nelson did this too. It is clearly shown in one of his books.

These videos on the Release are very helpful. In my constant learning (like all of us;) starting to be conscious of the release and full extension was VERY helpful. It cured much of my arm tension and chicken wing problems or at least gave me a method to counter that when it crept back in. Thanks

Paul ,I mentioned to you a long time ago a training aid which is used by Pro’s and Top golfers alike .
It’s called the DST Compressor and exists as a wedge or an 8 iron
You hated that device and seeing this video I understand now why ,it teaches you to overdo the release .
Do I interpret your thoughts accurately ?

You also don’t understand powerless arms. This is not floppy arms. This is you not hitting or helping the shot with your arms. I used to be ahip height in the downswing. At this point I would help it. This is hitting. Then I understood that this was not powerless arms. When I realized this I stopped trying to help the shot. If you are not helping it your arms would be powerless. They are moved by your body. In no way are you physically moving them. This is powerless arms.

Getting back to your original question, if you start on 1 angle and you hit it more tiled why would their not be angle in your wrists. There would because the widest point would move ahead of the ball.

In no way have I ever worked on forward shaft lean yet I have it. How did I get it if I have never worked on it? Focus on not hitting. Keep the wrists loose and use your body to hit the ball. If so, you too will get the backwards tilt. Your arms will stretch out past the ball thus creating the angle at impact.